We noted earlier this week that CBO's current law economic assumptions in the near-term do not look very stellar, especially in 2013 when the economy...

CRFB board member Rudolph Penner recently co-authored a paper that is essentially a retrospective on the 2011 deficit debate. He and Urban Institute...

The good folks at the Tax Policy Center have written yet another enlightening report on tax expenditures. This one, titled, " Curbing Tax Expenditures...

The conference committee that is tasked with extending various provisions that are set to expire at the end of this month will meet for the third time...

Yesterday, CRFB released its analysis of the latest budget projections from CBO, discussing debt, deficits, spending, and revenues. We also updated...

A claim that has been popping up in some news circles over the past day is that the doc fix -- which freezes Medicare payments to physicians, instead...

CBO released its new budget and economic outlook, showing slightly higher ten-year deficit and debt projections from 2012-2021 than the last ten-year...

Super Not So Duper – The word “super” has lost its luster lately. The failure of the Super Committee and the need for a super majority in the Senate...

CBO has a new report out, comparing federal and private-sector compensation for employees. The report shows that, on average, federal employees are...

Yesterday, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta fleshed out the widely-anticipated FY 2013 defense budget. The budget showed to some extent how the Obama...